h. Representative government is obsolete. It does not work for us.
And the only way to prevent these over worked and fallible people from making even more tragic mistakes, from which we, and the rest of the world, might never recover is to include ourselves, The Citizens, from whom the authority for government comes in the first place, in the final decision making process.
The Electronic Congress
How it works:
1. Before a new law, tax, or expenditure can be put on the books it must first be Ratified by the Citizens.
2. Existing laws can be Annulled by the same super majority required to Ratify them.
This program can be applied to every level of government and will ultimately solve every problem we have.
To prevent chaos, the basic law, our Constitution and Bill of Rights, would be exempt from review.
Mr. Perot speculated that the Founding Fathers would probably have done the same had the technology been available in their day.
Just imagine:
We, The People, could actually direct the priorities and review the progress of the major agencies like the: CDC and NIH as well as the libraries, school boards and local police departments.
If our government truly is of the people, by the people and for the people then this is the only way forward.
How to implement it:
We talk about it until it is done.
A concerned Citizen could have AI parse a recent law or Supreme Court ruling into its actionable elements, apply the Ratify or Annul Questionnaire, then distribute the links.
Can I make money with this?
Of course, you can. Use AI to parse the laws you find most egregious into their component pieces. And then have it build the ballot / questionnaire along with some demographic background to make the game especially interesting. Charge a $1 per voter per law to deliver the results of the poll to the government officials and watch the evolution in real time.
The Electronic Townhall becomes the means by which the Authority of the Citizens is used to Ratify or Annul the Propositions of Government.
Ask the local school board for their agenda items, have AI parse the actionable elements, create a questionnaire, distribute it to the concerned citizens and then evaluate the results.
When Human Beings made in the image of God can see the results of their noblest and most sober thoughts, at such a scale, then there will be the moment where Our Benevolence and Good Will shall
overcome Evil and then we can all live happily ever after.
Ross Perot publicly promised that if the People of America would elect him to The Presidency, he would give us The Electronic Townhall.
The Fourth Branch of Government will allow us to go from Chaos to Prosperity and a Life Worth Living … until the end of time.
We were created by God and in the image of God; we are human beings, not animals in a pen.
What are your thoughts on the vulnerability of the telecommunications and physical computer infrastructure (which allows encrypted communication, "A.I." and crypto currency to function) to Carrington Event (or larger scale) geomagnetic storms?
Take control of the weather you say? Well, in a way I almost admire the unabridged ambition, candidness and audacity that is built into such a statement, but at the same time, another part of me recognizes the hubris, illogical aspects and futility of such a perspective (the want to play god with the weather).
Incase you are not aware, geomagnetic storms originate from our local star ("Sol" also commonly referred to as "The Sun") and thus geoengineering technologies would have zero effect in mitigating the damaging effects of CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections aka large solar flares and the geomagnetic storms associated with them) as we are talking about masses of super heated plasma moving through the solar system and impacting the Earth (not terrestrial weather systems).
Though, just for fun, lets go out on (a really flimsy) hypothetical limb and say that using "AI" and a bunch of Elon Musk rocket ships and satellites we could somehow manipulate the behavior of an entire star ("the sun") so that we would never have to worry about solar flares again as we could suppress them with (lets say) massive fusion bombs that we fire at the sun pre-emptively when the AI predicts a solar flare will happen.
Is that something you think we should do?
Thank you for the very entertaining and illuminating response.
The links below can help to bring you up to speed in reference to weather control, though of course this is only a low technology overview. The big stuff is obviously classified, and they do not use rockets to deliver anything.
I am aware of Dane Wigington's work and I have been studying the various types of stratospheric aerosol injection programs and other weather warfare tech for quite some time now so these are topics that I am quite familiar with.
You seem to be missing the point with regards to our original point of discussion (geomagnetic storms created via CMEs) in that solar flares and the resulting potential impacts on microprocessors, satalites, cell towers, harddrives and powerlines have nothing to do with Earth based weather modification programs.
I am flattered that you consider me so technically astute as to be able to respond accurately to such a nuanced question in such a short period of time. The fact that I am unable to craft the reply you might appreciate seeing does not depreciate my original postulation that: The Electronic Townhall can answer all questions and solve all problems. once it is up and working.
The darkly ironic thing is that most of the initial civil rights stuff (pre late 1960s, and was only a few "big" ones but with lots of little stuff that added together to a whole lot, much of it was at state and local levels) were accomplished over years of effort by those that desired them and this effort was achieved through the use of the Old Republics democratic structures, then after them much of the final* pushes towards effectively eliminating in many cases and most other mostly nullifying those structures were based on the lie that the only reason for the enactment of *ALL* civil rights stuff was because of overriding of democracy and then used that lie to assist in the massive de-democratization and then after they'd de-democratized used some of those very civil rights structures to engage in massive corruptions and suppressions that darkly ironically greatly harmed the very people those civil rights things were meant to help. Dark indeed.
A lot of black folk are not doing well compared to a lot of black folk in the 1920's. Dems addicted many to welfare after civil rights legislation, and black folk have voted accordingly. But it is dawning on many of them what a bad deal that was, so there is hope in that regard.
Exec orders trump state rights and the Republic. I will be voting for Trump just to spite the deep state, as well as giving us some breathing room to prepare for the Federal collapse, as a new Biden Admin would go full globalist destroying America. I think the economy will collapse before the Dow hits 50k. There will be no funding for cleanup.
If I vote Trump it will be in part agreeing what you’ve stated. I do believe:
Trump is under capture
The ‘great cleanup’ is already underway and it too will be passed to the taxpayers. But again, like war, cleanup is exceedingly profitable to the banksters, and all the politically aligned cronies will be first at the trough.
Thanks for bringing John up. Very interesting. Definitely knows more than the average American. Regarding judicial activism, my head almost exploded when I saw this in New York. Guy got 10 years for building guns. The Judge, Abena Darkeh said, “Do not bring the Second Amendment into this courtroom. It doesn’t exist here. So you can’t argue Second Amendment. This is New York,”
When it comes to issues regarding money and leftists, one need look no farther than the public schools to learn that when money is involved, there is never enough.
Every year, the Teachers Union rattles their tin cup and pleads poverty. Every year, state legislators cough up the cash. Every so often, a leftist controlled legislature will appropriate a huge sum to “fully fund” schools. The NEA promptly soaks up the largesse and polishes their tin cup for next year.
So it would be with “reparations”. We could make every black in the country an instant millionaire, and in short order, a significant percentage would spend it and declare the debt wasn’t settled and start the whole thing over again. There would be no end to it.
And that sets aside the injustice of settling claims that are not valid in the first place.
Probably. I was thinking more like $250,000. But that would also require a paradigm shift away from liberalism. What if, along with the wiping out of Civil Right law aka legal wokeism, what if it included the disbanding of the public schools in lieu of vouchers?
Personally, that wouldn't persuade me unless the vouchers had no strings attached; then, maybe.
Parents who are involved in their kid's educations, and put work into the schools do not want globohomo/Marxists following voucher students into the schools to meet some mandate or another. They also don't want to be forced to accept violent or disruptive kids.
We pulled our kids out of the public system early on, sold our big house to pay for tuition at parochial schools. They were strict. Three minor strikes, or 1 major and you're out for good.
With vouchers you would probably see a revolution in education that would be considerably healthier for kids, away from this industrial Prussian style. Teachers could be hired who are actually world-wise rather than higher ed indoctrinated. Just spitballing.
Right. As long as the vouchers didn’t come with strings attached. And as long as the NEA has millions to pay politicians off with, that’s not going to happen.
It seems to me that the urban schools are almost at the breaking point. Even white leftist reprobates don’t want their kids getting the shit kicked out of them.
Once the schools are really segregated, and black kids run the show the ensuing chaos will be too much to ignore. Either they’ll just allow them to continue gladiator school, or they’ll go for something more radical than they’re willing to accept now.
Think about it. Every year, the public schools send tens of thousands of kids out to live the lives of the functionally illiterate and innumerate. The overwhelming majority of those kids are black or brown. We are seeing the consequences of that with the violence and chaos spreading coast to coast.
All governments (whether American, Canadian, Russian, Chinese, Israeli or any other involuntary governance structure) are organized criminal organizations because they are systems that (even in the most ideal formats of so called “liberal democracy” necessitate the use of violent coercion against a minority). https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/why-involuntary-governance-structures?
Personally, I think violent coercion and involuntary taxation are things that are inherently immoral and unethical (regardless of whether or not a majority believes they are imposing their will onto a minority for the "greater good" or not).
What elected officials (and most humans deem as "essentials") may be things that I have no interest in contributing my time and energy towards, and in that case, anyone's "ideal form of democracy" would involve forcing me to contribute towards paying for those "essentials" using the threat of violence. That is immoral and it is a system that I will resist and refuse to comply with.
Instead of trying to fix an inherently immoral governance system I choose to take decisive action to boycott all corporate tyranny, banksters and complicit involuntary governance structures by creating decentralized food and medicine production systems that align with the health of local ecosystems. I can and will starve the sociopathic minority and contribute towards resilient communities that will be immune to their parasitism, rendering them obsolete and leaving them behind.
I do not subscribe to the statist belief system. I advocate for human beings to trust the inherent wisdom, compassion and intuition they were born with to use their own unique gifts, of their own free will, to leave this world a little bit more beautiful than it was then when we got here for future generations.
“The state represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The Individual has a soul, but as the state is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.” - Gandhi
It is for times such as these that Gandhi used Satyagraha – the force of truth to resist unjust laws and empires peacefully and non violently. In nature one of her most innate truths and constants is her irrepressible capacity for regeneration. We can align with this innate facet of the living planet that sustains us and become irrepressible as well. We can empower our communities to be able to rise from the ashes like the phoenix and embody a template for regeneration which others can adopt as well.
We will create such abundance and emergent resilience that it will spill over into the neighborhoods and communities around us, sending ripples out that shift the tide from fear to hope and render their toxic centralized systems of dependence and oppression obsolete to one day leave them behind. We will do this without the need for high tech quick fix solutions or involuntary governance structures.
You have been sold the story that we need to be threatened and coerced into cooperating and behaving well by an institution that has a monopoly on violence coercion. That story is a fallacy.
It is time to move past the era of followers and leaders, peasants and princes, worshipers and saviors, minions and tyrants, corporations and consumers and usher in the age of self governed and self reliant human beings which collaborate of their own free will to leave this world a little more beautiful than it was before.
I agree the original intent of the American Constitution, which includes the bill of rights, has been subverted through the courts and corrupted by special interest lobbying. ($$)
SoloD's "Electronic Congress" is an intriguing proposal that might work if the details are flushed out but I generally don't trust a blanket majority rule solution. When I hear that majority rule idea I'm reminded of the analogy of two wolves and one sheep voting on what's for dinner. There are many historical examples of mob hysteria overruling logic. Think of what might have implemented in the immediate after math of 9/11, or the Covid scarce. Electronic Congress might work if started at the local level, pushed up to the county, then state, then federal. It would take awhile to implement.
The only immediate solution I can think of that would change the direction of our county is an Article V convention. My personal opinion is the two most important amendments are:
1. A balanced federal budget. Only exception would be if Congress declared a war on a foreign nation.
2. Congress cannot exempt itself from any law it passes.
There are a few more amendments I would recommend, like every current law must be reauthorized every four years and the Supreme Court is required to validate the constitutionality of every law, rule, act, etc. of congress before it goes into effect.
I think reparations is a bad idea. Too many variables to implement a fair & just outcome and it would enflame the emotions of those who didn't get any reparations and those who would have to pay it.
I'm definitely game for replacing Civil Rights law with one-time reparations. While slavery was a long time ago, the difference in assets persists. Also, there was plenty of persecution going on.
The ability to win the legal lottery if you hear the N word at work is a double edged sword. Some win. Many lose as such laws make it dangerous to put Blacks into positions where they need to be fired if they don't work out. And it also make cross-racial social networking awkward.
Likewise, preferences for civil service jobs act as gilded cages for potential entrepreneurs. This reduces the number of Black multi-millionaires.
With that said, I'd hold off on any one-time reparations until we've made it easier to go into business and we've broken up some corporate monsters created by our pro-trust tax policies. Need to reduce barriers to entry in starting a business, and fill moats which protect established old businesses.
I usually use the @ symbol, but I figured linking your piece would suffice. Note taken. Yes, we Americans need to be talking about all this more, but rest assured I will always attribute your work. I much appreciated too your breakdown/analysis of the right.
h. Representative government is obsolete. It does not work for us.
And the only way to prevent these over worked and fallible people from making even more tragic mistakes, from which we, and the rest of the world, might never recover is to include ourselves, The Citizens, from whom the authority for government comes in the first place, in the final decision making process.
The Electronic Congress
How it works:
1. Before a new law, tax, or expenditure can be put on the books it must first be Ratified by the Citizens.
2. Existing laws can be Annulled by the same super majority required to Ratify them.
This program can be applied to every level of government and will ultimately solve every problem we have.
To prevent chaos, the basic law, our Constitution and Bill of Rights, would be exempt from review.
Mr. Perot speculated that the Founding Fathers would probably have done the same had the technology been available in their day.
Just imagine:
We, The People, could actually direct the priorities and review the progress of the major agencies like the: CDC and NIH as well as the libraries, school boards and local police departments.
If our government truly is of the people, by the people and for the people then this is the only way forward.
How to implement it:
We talk about it until it is done.
A concerned Citizen could have AI parse a recent law or Supreme Court ruling into its actionable elements, apply the Ratify or Annul Questionnaire, then distribute the links.
Can I make money with this?
Of course, you can. Use AI to parse the laws you find most egregious into their component pieces. And then have it build the ballot / questionnaire along with some demographic background to make the game especially interesting. Charge a $1 per voter per law to deliver the results of the poll to the government officials and watch the evolution in real time.
The Electronic Townhall becomes the means by which the Authority of the Citizens is used to Ratify or Annul the Propositions of Government.
Ask the local school board for their agenda items, have AI parse the actionable elements, create a questionnaire, distribute it to the concerned citizens and then evaluate the results.
When Human Beings made in the image of God can see the results of their noblest and most sober thoughts, at such a scale, then there will be the moment where Our Benevolence and Good Will shall
overcome Evil and then we can all live happily ever after.
Ross Perot publicly promised that if the People of America would elect him to The Presidency, he would give us The Electronic Townhall.
The Fourth Branch of Government will allow us to go from Chaos to Prosperity and a Life Worth Living … until the end of time.
We were created by God and in the image of God; we are human beings, not animals in a pen.
The Electronic Townhall
https://teletownhall.com/products/text-to-online-surveys/
https://publicinput.com/wp/online-town-hall/
https://www.govtech.com/archive/introducing-the-21st-century-city-hall.html
https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/2015/06/06/the-electronic-townhall/
https://abrogard.com/blog/2023/12/25/dont-write-to-congress/
https://swarmacademy.ai/
What are your thoughts on the vulnerability of the telecommunications and physical computer infrastructure (which allows encrypted communication, "A.I." and crypto currency to function) to Carrington Event (or larger scale) geomagnetic storms?
For more info:
https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/preparing-for-the-100-year-storms?
Once we get the Electronic Townhall going we will be able to take over the control of the weather and everything else should fall into place.
Take control of the weather you say? Well, in a way I almost admire the unabridged ambition, candidness and audacity that is built into such a statement, but at the same time, another part of me recognizes the hubris, illogical aspects and futility of such a perspective (the want to play god with the weather).
Incase you are not aware, geomagnetic storms originate from our local star ("Sol" also commonly referred to as "The Sun") and thus geoengineering technologies would have zero effect in mitigating the damaging effects of CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejections aka large solar flares and the geomagnetic storms associated with them) as we are talking about masses of super heated plasma moving through the solar system and impacting the Earth (not terrestrial weather systems).
Though, just for fun, lets go out on (a really flimsy) hypothetical limb and say that using "AI" and a bunch of Elon Musk rocket ships and satellites we could somehow manipulate the behavior of an entire star ("the sun") so that we would never have to worry about solar flares again as we could suppress them with (lets say) massive fusion bombs that we fire at the sun pre-emptively when the AI predicts a solar flare will happen.
Is that something you think we should do?
Thank you for the very entertaining and illuminating response.
The links below can help to bring you up to speed in reference to weather control, though of course this is only a low technology overview. The big stuff is obviously classified, and they do not use rockets to deliver anything.
https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/
https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/the-dimming-full-length-climate-engineering-documentary/
I am aware of Dane Wigington's work and I have been studying the various types of stratospheric aerosol injection programs and other weather warfare tech for quite some time now so these are topics that I am quite familiar with.
You seem to be missing the point with regards to our original point of discussion (geomagnetic storms created via CMEs) in that solar flares and the resulting potential impacts on microprocessors, satalites, cell towers, harddrives and powerlines have nothing to do with Earth based weather modification programs.
I am flattered that you consider me so technically astute as to be able to respond accurately to such a nuanced question in such a short period of time. The fact that I am unable to craft the reply you might appreciate seeing does not depreciate my original postulation that: The Electronic Townhall can answer all questions and solve all problems. once it is up and working.
The darkly ironic thing is that most of the initial civil rights stuff (pre late 1960s, and was only a few "big" ones but with lots of little stuff that added together to a whole lot, much of it was at state and local levels) were accomplished over years of effort by those that desired them and this effort was achieved through the use of the Old Republics democratic structures, then after them much of the final* pushes towards effectively eliminating in many cases and most other mostly nullifying those structures were based on the lie that the only reason for the enactment of *ALL* civil rights stuff was because of overriding of democracy and then used that lie to assist in the massive de-democratization and then after they'd de-democratized used some of those very civil rights structures to engage in massive corruptions and suppressions that darkly ironically greatly harmed the very people those civil rights things were meant to help. Dark indeed.
A lot of black folk are not doing well compared to a lot of black folk in the 1920's. Dems addicted many to welfare after civil rights legislation, and black folk have voted accordingly. But it is dawning on many of them what a bad deal that was, so there is hope in that regard.
Executive ’orders’ seem to trump states rights. No?
Banisters run us and the government.
They also control media and therefore all messaging (propaganda).
Until a politician is ‘captured’ by the banksters they’re never in the running for anything.
Reason Biden won.
Reason Trump lost
But now that they’re both under capture who cares who wins.
Stock market will hit 50k once all the mess created is properly funded for cleanup.
Your thoughts??
Thx
Exec orders trump state rights and the Republic. I will be voting for Trump just to spite the deep state, as well as giving us some breathing room to prepare for the Federal collapse, as a new Biden Admin would go full globalist destroying America. I think the economy will collapse before the Dow hits 50k. There will be no funding for cleanup.
If I vote Trump it will be in part agreeing what you’ve stated. I do believe:
Trump is under capture
The ‘great cleanup’ is already underway and it too will be passed to the taxpayers. But again, like war, cleanup is exceedingly profitable to the banksters, and all the politically aligned cronies will be first at the trough.
Thanks for bringing John up. Very interesting. Definitely knows more than the average American. Regarding judicial activism, my head almost exploded when I saw this in New York. Guy got 10 years for building guns. The Judge, Abena Darkeh said, “Do not bring the Second Amendment into this courtroom. It doesn’t exist here. So you can’t argue Second Amendment. This is New York,”
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/the-second-amendment-does-not-exist-in-some-ny-courtrooms-according-to-one-judge-presiding-over-the-trial-of-a-gunsmith
re: “Reparations”
When it comes to issues regarding money and leftists, one need look no farther than the public schools to learn that when money is involved, there is never enough.
Every year, the Teachers Union rattles their tin cup and pleads poverty. Every year, state legislators cough up the cash. Every so often, a leftist controlled legislature will appropriate a huge sum to “fully fund” schools. The NEA promptly soaks up the largesse and polishes their tin cup for next year.
So it would be with “reparations”. We could make every black in the country an instant millionaire, and in short order, a significant percentage would spend it and declare the debt wasn’t settled and start the whole thing over again. There would be no end to it.
And that sets aside the injustice of settling claims that are not valid in the first place.
Probably. I was thinking more like $250,000. But that would also require a paradigm shift away from liberalism. What if, along with the wiping out of Civil Right law aka legal wokeism, what if it included the disbanding of the public schools in lieu of vouchers?
Personally, that wouldn't persuade me unless the vouchers had no strings attached; then, maybe.
Parents who are involved in their kid's educations, and put work into the schools do not want globohomo/Marxists following voucher students into the schools to meet some mandate or another. They also don't want to be forced to accept violent or disruptive kids.
We pulled our kids out of the public system early on, sold our big house to pay for tuition at parochial schools. They were strict. Three minor strikes, or 1 major and you're out for good.
With vouchers you would probably see a revolution in education that would be considerably healthier for kids, away from this industrial Prussian style. Teachers could be hired who are actually world-wise rather than higher ed indoctrinated. Just spitballing.
Right. As long as the vouchers didn’t come with strings attached. And as long as the NEA has millions to pay politicians off with, that’s not going to happen.
It seems to me that the urban schools are almost at the breaking point. Even white leftist reprobates don’t want their kids getting the shit kicked out of them.
Once the schools are really segregated, and black kids run the show the ensuing chaos will be too much to ignore. Either they’ll just allow them to continue gladiator school, or they’ll go for something more radical than they’re willing to accept now.
Think about it. Every year, the public schools send tens of thousands of kids out to live the lives of the functionally illiterate and innumerate. The overwhelming majority of those kids are black or brown. We are seeing the consequences of that with the violence and chaos spreading coast to coast.
Yep. And they call us racist for pointing out the failures of liberalism.
All governments (whether American, Canadian, Russian, Chinese, Israeli or any other involuntary governance structure) are organized criminal organizations because they are systems that (even in the most ideal formats of so called “liberal democracy” necessitate the use of violent coercion against a minority). https://gavinmounsey.substack.com/p/why-involuntary-governance-structures?
Personally, I think violent coercion and involuntary taxation are things that are inherently immoral and unethical (regardless of whether or not a majority believes they are imposing their will onto a minority for the "greater good" or not).
What elected officials (and most humans deem as "essentials") may be things that I have no interest in contributing my time and energy towards, and in that case, anyone's "ideal form of democracy" would involve forcing me to contribute towards paying for those "essentials" using the threat of violence. That is immoral and it is a system that I will resist and refuse to comply with.
Instead of trying to fix an inherently immoral governance system I choose to take decisive action to boycott all corporate tyranny, banksters and complicit involuntary governance structures by creating decentralized food and medicine production systems that align with the health of local ecosystems. I can and will starve the sociopathic minority and contribute towards resilient communities that will be immune to their parasitism, rendering them obsolete and leaving them behind.
I do not subscribe to the statist belief system. I advocate for human beings to trust the inherent wisdom, compassion and intuition they were born with to use their own unique gifts, of their own free will, to leave this world a little bit more beautiful than it was then when we got here for future generations.
“The state represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The Individual has a soul, but as the state is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.” - Gandhi
It is for times such as these that Gandhi used Satyagraha – the force of truth to resist unjust laws and empires peacefully and non violently. In nature one of her most innate truths and constants is her irrepressible capacity for regeneration. We can align with this innate facet of the living planet that sustains us and become irrepressible as well. We can empower our communities to be able to rise from the ashes like the phoenix and embody a template for regeneration which others can adopt as well.
We will create such abundance and emergent resilience that it will spill over into the neighborhoods and communities around us, sending ripples out that shift the tide from fear to hope and render their toxic centralized systems of dependence and oppression obsolete to one day leave them behind. We will do this without the need for high tech quick fix solutions or involuntary governance structures.
You have been sold the story that we need to be threatened and coerced into cooperating and behaving well by an institution that has a monopoly on violence coercion. That story is a fallacy.
It is time to move past the era of followers and leaders, peasants and princes, worshipers and saviors, minions and tyrants, corporations and consumers and usher in the age of self governed and self reliant human beings which collaborate of their own free will to leave this world a little more beautiful than it was before.
I agree the original intent of the American Constitution, which includes the bill of rights, has been subverted through the courts and corrupted by special interest lobbying. ($$)
SoloD's "Electronic Congress" is an intriguing proposal that might work if the details are flushed out but I generally don't trust a blanket majority rule solution. When I hear that majority rule idea I'm reminded of the analogy of two wolves and one sheep voting on what's for dinner. There are many historical examples of mob hysteria overruling logic. Think of what might have implemented in the immediate after math of 9/11, or the Covid scarce. Electronic Congress might work if started at the local level, pushed up to the county, then state, then federal. It would take awhile to implement.
The only immediate solution I can think of that would change the direction of our county is an Article V convention. My personal opinion is the two most important amendments are:
1. A balanced federal budget. Only exception would be if Congress declared a war on a foreign nation.
2. Congress cannot exempt itself from any law it passes.
There are a few more amendments I would recommend, like every current law must be reauthorized every four years and the Supreme Court is required to validate the constitutionality of every law, rule, act, etc. of congress before it goes into effect.
I think reparations is a bad idea. Too many variables to implement a fair & just outcome and it would enflame the emotions of those who didn't get any reparations and those who would have to pay it.
I'm definitely game for replacing Civil Rights law with one-time reparations. While slavery was a long time ago, the difference in assets persists. Also, there was plenty of persecution going on.
The ability to win the legal lottery if you hear the N word at work is a double edged sword. Some win. Many lose as such laws make it dangerous to put Blacks into positions where they need to be fired if they don't work out. And it also make cross-racial social networking awkward.
Likewise, preferences for civil service jobs act as gilded cages for potential entrepreneurs. This reduces the number of Black multi-millionaires.
With that said, I'd hold off on any one-time reparations until we've made it easier to go into business and we've broken up some corporate monsters created by our pro-trust tax policies. Need to reduce barriers to entry in starting a business, and fill moats which protect established old businesses.
I usually use the @ symbol, but I figured linking your piece would suffice. Note taken. Yes, we Americans need to be talking about all this more, but rest assured I will always attribute your work. I much appreciated too your breakdown/analysis of the right.